2016 · Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism · open access
Evaluation of accuracy of ambulatory glucose profile in an outpatient setting in children with type 1 diabetes
Hulse et al.
The finding, in our words
In children with type 1 diabetes, ambulatory glucose profile showed mean absolute relative difference of 9.56% versus laboratory random glucose and 15.07% versus capillary glucose, with linear regression coefficients of 0.93 and 0.89 respectively, indicating acceptable agreement for outpatient glycaemic monitoring.
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